national monument

noun

: a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation

Examples of national monument in a Sentence

the Statue of Liberty National Monument
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The Republican said in a video released by his office that the sales would not include national parks, national monuments or wilderness. Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 19 June 2025 What To Do Tour Castillo de San Marcos (a national monument built by the Spanish), or see Gilded Age art at the Lightner Museum. Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 8 June 2025 Where some public lands advocates cheer when Democratic presidents have named new national monuments and assigned federal workers to manage them, some Utah conservatives remain angry at those moves, hearkening back to the Sagebrush Rebellion invoked by President Ronald Reagan, among others. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025 In 2017, more than 2.7 million people sent comments to President Donald Trump opposing his plans to shrink or modify 10 national monuments. Ryan Gellert, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for national monument

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of national monument was in 1879

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“National monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20monument. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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national monument

noun
: a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation

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